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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.advanceweb.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ADVANCE Perspective: Physical Therapy : PTAs</title><link>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/PTAs/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: PTAs</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>Now for Something Completely Different</title><link>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/2009/08/24/now-for-something-completely-different.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">06d5312c-37b9-406e-be84-460d8d21f4fc:41084</guid><dc:creator>Lisa Lombardo</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/comments/41084.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/commentrss.aspx?PostID=41084</wfw:commentRss><description>ADVANCE is already receiving some nice feedback about our Aug. 10, 2009, cover story on therapists who entered the profession later in life, many after following established careers in other fields for years. The story, "Late Bloomers," tracked several...(&lt;a href="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/2009/08/24/now-for-something-completely-different.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://community.advanceweb.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=41084" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/General+Interest+/default.aspx">General Interest </category><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/Workplace+Issues+/default.aspx">Workplace Issues </category><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/PTAs/default.aspx">PTAs</category></item><item><title>5th Annual PT Practitioner of the Year Award!</title><link>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/2009/04/13/5th-annual-pt-practitioner-of-the-year-award.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">06d5312c-37b9-406e-be84-460d8d21f4fc:37499</guid><dc:creator>Rob Senior</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/comments/37499.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/commentrss.aspx?PostID=37499</wfw:commentRss><description>For the past few years, ADVANCE has honored the best and the brightest in the physical therapy profession every October with our PT Practitioner of the Year contest. Since 2005, ADVANCE has gathered entries and nominations from across the country to award...(&lt;a href="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/2009/04/13/5th-annual-pt-practitioner-of-the-year-award.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://community.advanceweb.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=37499" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/PT+News+/default.aspx">PT News </category><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/PTAs/default.aspx">PTAs</category></item><item><title>PTAs Weigh In!</title><link>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/2009/03/30/ptas-weigh-in.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">06d5312c-37b9-406e-be84-460d8d21f4fc:37155</guid><dc:creator>Lisa Lombardo</dc:creator><slash:comments>18</slash:comments><comments>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/comments/37155.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/commentrss.aspx?PostID=37155</wfw:commentRss><description>I was happy to see my editorial from March 23 print issue (Up Front, page 3) received so much response. The editorial read in part: "How has the changing profession of physical therapy impacted PT assistants? Changes to Medicare, third-party payer rules,...(&lt;a href="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/2009/03/30/ptas-weigh-in.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://community.advanceweb.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=37155" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/Education/default.aspx">Education</category><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/Workplace+Issues+/default.aspx">Workplace Issues </category><category domain="http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/pt_1/archive/tags/PTAs/default.aspx">PTAs</category></item></channel></rss>